Commonwealth v. Hardy: Reaffirming Timeliness & Refining the “Actual Innocence” Standard in Pennsylvania Post-Conviction DNA Litigation Introduction In Commonwealth v. Hardy (Pa. 2025) the Supreme...
The “Totality-of-Circumstances Reasonableness Test” for Pedalcyclists: Comprehensive Commentary on Commonwealth v. Linton, 11 WAP 2024 (Pa. 2025) 1. Introduction Commonwealth v. Linton marks the...
Estate Entitlement to Pending Specific‐Loss Benefits Under Section 410 Introduction This case arises from the appeal in Steets, K., Aplt. v. Celebration Fireworks, Inc. (Workers’ Compensation Appeal...
Profit-Linked Compensation and Related-Entity Transfers Disqualify Purely Public Charities from Property Tax Exemption Introduction This commentary examines Justice Mundy’s dissent in Pottstown...
Redemptive Tax Sale and Duty to Pay: Powell Rule Protects Subsurface Rights Introduction Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Game Commission (“Appellant”) v. Thomas E. Proctor Heirs Trust...
Facial Unconstitutionality of §3806: Apprendi Protections for ARD-Based Sentencing Enhancements Introduction Commonwealth v. Shifflett, G., Aplt. (No. 26 MAP 2024), decided May 30, 2025 by the...
Mandating Expeditious Administration of Pennsylvania’s Instantaneous Firearms Background Checks Introduction This case arises from a dispute over the Pennsylvania State Police’s (“PSP”) performance...
Extending the Inconsistent Verdicts Doctrine to Special Interrogatories Introduction In Commonwealth v. Muhammad, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered whether the familiar “inconsistent...
Reaffirming Specific Intent and Mitigation Standards in Capital Cases: Commonwealth v. Johnson Introduction Commonwealth v. Johnson is a post-conviction relief appeal decided by the Supreme Court of...
Genetic Testing as the Exclusive Rebuttal to the Presumption of Paternity under 23 Pa.C.S. § 5104 Introduction Sitler v. Jones, 2025 WL ___ (Pa. Apr. 25, 2025), presented the Supreme Court of...
Mug Shots as Identifiable Descriptions Under CHRIA – County Dissemination Prohibited Introduction In Mezzacappa v. Northampton County, 2025 PA 40 MAP and 41 MAP, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania...
Interdependency Requirement for Aggregating Noncontiguous Parcels Under Section 705 of the Eminent Domain Code Introduction In Pignetti, G. & J. h/w, Aplts. v. PennDOT, No. 26 & 27 EAP 2023 (Pa. Apr....
Clarifying “Used Together for a Unified Purpose”: Interdependency Requirement under Section 705 of the Eminent Domain Code Introduction This commentary examines the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s...
Clarifying the Voluntary-Inpatient Threshold under Pennsylvania’s MHPA Introduction In Estate of Frederick v. Geisinger Medical Center, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed whether a patient’s...
Standardized Custody Procedures: Integrating Criminal Records, Abuse History, and Protective-Services Reports Introduction In In Re: Order Amending Rules 1915.3-2, 1915.4-4, 1915.10, 1915.15, and...
Mug Shots as “Identifiable Descriptions” under CHRIA: Police-Only Dissemination Rule Introduction In Mezzacappa v. Northampton County, 2025 PA 40 MAP 2024, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania resolved...
New Due Process Safeguards for Juvenile Bench Warrants Under Pennsylvania Rules 140 & 141 Introduction On April 25, 2025, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania entered an order amending Rules 140 and 141...
Reaffirmation of Formal Application Prerequisites for Voluntary Inpatient Admission Under Pennsylvania’s Mental Health Procedures Act Introduction Estate of Frederick v. Alley Medical Center is a...
In re Huff: Traditional Domicile Test, Not Election Code §704(d), Governs Judicial Candidate Eligibility Introduction In In re Nomination Petition of Huff; Appeal of Huff, 2025 PA 24 (Pa. 2025), the...
Totality-of-Circumstances Domicile Rule and Inapplicability of Election Code §704(d) for Judicial Candidate Eligibility 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s...